Nice toy, and an improvement over the 'regular' Bumblebee with the tuckable stingers.

Looks much better with the black head compared to the package photos. Kinda makes me wish he had even less yellow than he does (most of it is concentrated in the waist and legs, making it look like he's got yellow pants.) turning it more into detail paint than a sizable section.

 

The new deco makes him very ninja-like. It's awesome.

 

I had some unused stickers left over from the Reprolabels upgrade kit for regular Animated Bumblebee (who sorely needed it). I thought the redeco was just OK at first, but the "battle mode" face mask sticker makes it totally badass. If anyone else has one of these stickers sitting unused, definitely give it a try on the Elite Guard version  

 

Pic of the toy with battle mask sticker pretty please

 

I already would have posted it if I had anything better than a crappy camera phone to take one with   I might be able to get a decent picture or two, but it will be difficult

 

Just bought the Reprolabels Bumblebee set. Gonna put the mask on EGB. I'm thinking about shaving down the horns too.

 

That is awesome. Can't wait until the sticker set gets here. Not only does it make EGB look even cooler than what he does now, the original BB I have gets all the detailing that was lacking on the figure.

 

Exactly my thoughts. It would be great if you could post some better pictures than I was able to get.

 

I definitely will when I get the stickers!

 

Here are a few pics I took of Bumblebee with the Reprolabels upgrade, and EGBB with the battlemask. As I said earlier in this thread, In my collection, he will be Goldbug, who I'm thinking will be something of an Elite Guard black-ops agent (think Solid Snake).

The upgrade sticker set is top-notch; I can't believe how much it improves Bumblebee's rather drab appearance. And if you give the battle mask to EGBB, it makes him look like even more of a bad-ass! 

Oh yeah, I also swapped the locking tab on their feet. That way, BB has a yellow tab, and EGBB has a black one. It really helps to make the tab less noticeable.

 

That is absolutely bad ass.

Good call on the locking pegs on the feet too! I did the swap and it's a definite improvement!

 

Nice black out on the yellow parts!

 

That looks great.  

The one thing I recommend to you is that you paint the inside part of the wheels a bronze color.

 

Didn't want this figure until this pictures. Thanks for the idea!